2012 Players Championship

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2012 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 10–13, 2012
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394Coordinates: 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Field144 players, 72 after cut
Cut144 (Even)
Prize fund$9.5 million
Winner's share$1.71 million
Champion
United States Matt Kuchar
275 (−13)
Location Map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
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Location in the United States
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The 2012 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held May 10–13 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 39th Players Championship and was won by Matt Kuchar, two strokes ahead of four runners-up.[1][2]

Defending champion K. J. Choi missed the 36-hole cut by seven strokes.

Venue[]

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 31st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,215 yards (6,597 m).

Course layout[]

The 2012 Players Championship
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards n/a 423 532 177 384 471 393 442 237 583 3,642 424 558 358 181 481 449 523 137 462 3,573 7,215
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 36 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 36 72

Field[]

The field consisted of 144 players meeting criteria 1–12, plus the winner of the 2011 Senior Players Championship.

1. Winners of PGA Tour events since last Players

Keegan Bradley (2,3,5,9), K. J. Choi (2,3,6,9), Ben Crane (3,9), Ben Curtis, Luke Donald (2,3,7,9), Jason Dufner (2,3,9,11), Rickie Fowler (3,9), Harrison Frazar (3), Bill Haas (2,3,8,9), John Huh, Freddie Jacobson (2,3,9), Chris Kirk (3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,7,9,11), Rory McIlroy (5,9,11), George McNeill (3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,6,8,9,11), Bryce Molder (3), Kevin Na (3), Sean O'Hair (3), Carl Pettersson (3,9,11), Scott Piercy (3), Justin Rose (2,3,7,9,11), Adam Scott (2,3,7,9), Webb Simpson (2,3,9), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,9), Scott Stallings (3), Kyle Stanley (3,11), Steve Stricker (2,3,9), David Toms (2,3,9), Johnson Wagner (3,11), Nick Watney (2,3,7,9), Mark Wilson (2,3,9,11), Tiger Woods (5,7,9)

2. Top 30 from previous season's FedEx Cup points list

Aaron Baddeley (3,9), Jonathan Byrd (3), Jason Day (3,9), Charles Howell III (3), Matt Kuchar (3,9), Geoff Ogilvy (3), Chez Reavie (3), John Senden (3,9), Vijay Singh (3), Bo Van Pelt (3,9), Gary Woodland (3), Yang Yong-eun (3,5)

3. Top 125 from previous season's PGA Tour money list

Blake Adams, Robert Allenby, Arjun Atwal, Briny Baird, Ricky Barnes, Matt Bettencourt, Kris Blanks, Michael Bradley, Chad Campbell, Greg Chalmers, Kevin Chappell, Stewart Cink (5), Chris Couch, Brian Davis, Brendon de Jonge, Chris DiMarco, James Driscoll, Ernie Els (7,9), Jim Furyk (8,9), Tommy Gainey, Sergio García (6,9), Robert Garrigus, Brian Gay, Tom Gillis, Lucas Glover (5), Retief Goosen, Hunter Haas, Pádraig Harrington (5), David Hearn, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Ryuji Imada, Trevor Immelman (5), Brandt Jobe, Zach Johnson (9), Kang Sung-hoon, Robert Karlsson (9), Jerry Kelly, Martin Laird (9), Marc Leishman, Justin Leonard, Spencer Levin, Davis Love III, David Mathis, Troy Matteson, Billy Mayfair, Graeme McDowell (5,9), John Merrick, Ryan Moore, Joe Ogilvie, Nick O'Hern, Louis Oosthuizen (5,9), Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Rod Pampling, Pat Perez, Tom Pernice Jr., Ian Poulter (7,9), John Rollins, Andrés Romero, Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Kevin Stadler, Brendan Steele, Kevin Streelman, Chris Stroud, Josh Teater, Michael Thompson, D. J. Trahan, Cameron Tringale, Jhonattan Vegas, Scott Verplank, Camilo Villegas, Jimmy Walker, Charlie Wi

4. Top 125 from current season - Medical Extension

Bob Estes

5. Major champions from the past five years

Ángel Cabrera, Martin Kaymer (9)

6. Players Championship winners from the past five years

Tim Clark, Henrik Stenson

7. WGC winners from the past three years (WGC-HSBC Champions winners only from 2010–11, and only if PGA Tour members)
8. The Tour Championship winners from the past three years
9. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of April 29

Bae Sang-moon, Paul Casey, Simon Dyson, Peter Hanson, Francesco Molinari, Álvaro Quirós, Lee Westwood

10. Nationwide Tour money leader from prior season

J. J. Killeen

11. Top 10 current year FedEx Cup points leaders as of April 29
12. Field filled to 144 through current year FedEx Cup standings as of April 29

Bud Cauley, Graham DeLaet, Ken Duke, Harris English, Matt Every, Brian Harman, Colt Knost, Jeff Maggert, John Mallinger

13. Senior Players champion from prior year (did not count against field of 144)
  • Fred Couples did not play; therefore only 144 players competed.

Nationalities in the field[]

North America (95) South America (4) Europe (20) Oceania (11) Asia (7) Africa (7)
 Canada (2)  Argentina (2)  England (7)  Australia (10)  South Korea (5)  South Africa (6)
 United States (93)  Colombia (1)  Northern Ireland (2)  Fiji (1)  India (1)  Zimbabwe (1)
 Venezuela (1)  Scotland (1)  Japan (1)
 Ireland (1)
 Spain (2)
 Germany (1)
 Italy (1)
 Sweden (5)

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Martin Laird  Scotland 65 −7
Ian Poulter  England
3 Blake Adams  United States 66 −6
T4 Ben Crane  United States 67 −5
Kevin Na  United States
T6 Bae Sang-moon  South Korea 68 −4
Jonathan Byrd  United States
Ben Curtis  United States
Brian Davis  England
Harrison Frazar  United States
Bill Haas  United States
Matt Kuchar  United States
Adam Scott  Australia
Kevin Stadler  United States
Michael Thompson  United States
Jhonattan Vegas  Venezuela

Second round[]

Friday, May 11, 2012

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Zach Johnson  United States 70-66=136 −8
Kevin Na  United States 67-69=136
Matt Kuchar  United States 68-68=136
4 Harris English  United States 70-67=137 −7
T5 Jonathan Byrd  United States 68-70=138 −6
Adam Scott  Australia 68-70=138
Brian Davis  England 68-70=138
Martin Laird  Scotland 65-73=138
Charlie Wi  South Korea 71-67=138
T10 Blake Adams  United States 66-73=139 −5
Ben Curtis  United States 68-71=139
Michael Thompson  United States 68-71=139
Bill Haas  United States 68-71=139
Kevin Stadler  United States 68-71=139

Third round[]

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Kevin Na  United States 67-69-68=204 −12
2 Matt Kuchar  United States 68-68-69=205 −11
3 Rickie Fowler  United States 72-69-66=207 −9
T4 Zach Johnson  United States 70-66-73=209 −7
Ben Curtis  United States 68-71-70=209
T6 Jhonattan Vegas  Venezuela 68-74-68=210 −6
Brian Davis  England 68-70-72=210
Jonathan Byrd  United States 68-70-72=210
Martin Laird  Scotland 65-73-72=210
T10 Johnson Wagner  United States 69-73-69=211 −5
Bo Van Pelt  United States 71-70-70=211
Blake Adams  United States 66-73-72=211
Charlie Wi  South Korea 71-67-73=211

Final round[]

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Matt Kuchar  United States 68-68-69-70=275 −13 1,710,000
T2 Ben Curtis  United States 68-71-70-68=277 −11 627,000
Rickie Fowler  United States 72-69-66-70=277
Zach Johnson  United States 70-66-73-68=277
Martin Laird  Scotland 65-73-72-67=277
6 Luke Donald  England 72-69-72-66=279 −9 342,000
T7 Kevin Na  United States 67-69-68-76=280 −8 296,083
Bo Van Pelt  United States 71-70-70-69=280
Jhonattan Vegas  Venezuela 68-74-68-70=280
T10 Carl Pettersson  Sweden 71-72-69-69=281 −7 247,000
David Toms  United States 69-74-73-65=281

Source:[3]

Scorecard[]

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4
United States Kuchar −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13
United States Curtis −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −6 −7 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −10 −11
United States Fowler −10 −10 −10 −11 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −11 −11
United States Johnson −7 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11
Scotland Laird −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11
United States Na −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −11 −11 −10 −9 −9 −10 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Matt Kuchar wins The Players". ESPN. Associated Press. May 14, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Donegan, Lawrence (May 13, 2012). "Steady Matt Kuchar wins Players Championship in Sawgrass by two shots". The Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  3. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "Leaderboard: 2012 Players Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

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